How to implement a server in a company?

Question

System administration

Good afternoon, there is an office in which 50 PCs, a drop box is used as a server :)

We need something more professional and practical.

Please share your experience and tell me what solution can be in this situation ??

That is, it is necessary that on the server it would be possible to distinguish between the hierarchy of users and their level of access to files.

I am a beginner in this, and I would like a little understanding of how everything works in small offices and what and how is better for security, among other things.

Answer 1

Try ownCloud/nextCloud

Answer 2

If you are comfortable with completely local storage, then look at FreeNAS
Or you can set up Samba yourself on any * NIX system.

Answer 3

Choose any
https://www.tecmint.com/free-open-source-cloud-sto...
Just make a list of tasks. Maybe
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.a...

Answer 4

Buy Synology.

Answer 5

Go gesture.
Buy hp ml or a microserver at worst.
Expand ad dns network folders. If you communicate with the outside world, raise your owncloud

Answer 6

What is better physical server or cloud? in a company where about 30-50 people work with documents..